Agenda OWBA Giving Back Statewide Event Ohio Women’s Bar Association November 20, 2014 12:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Location: Frost Brown Todd (3300 Great American Tower, 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202) 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Registration/Networking (sponsored by Reminger) 1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. Welcome and Introductions 1:25 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. CLE Portion – General (1.00 hour) Record Retention Requirements in the Public & Private Sectors When is it time to purge? This session will cover some of the general records retention guidelines in the public and private sectors. • Doreen Canton, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP • Christine Zimmer, City of Cincinnati’s Solicitor’s Office 2:25 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. CLE Portion – General (1.00 hour) Panel Discussion on Navigating Transitions and Creating Opportunities– Public to Private – Private to Public Public-private partnerships are essential in the legal profession. In this session, attorneys who have successfully moved across the public and private sectors will discuss the importance of public-private partnerships, discuss their career paths, and provide recommendations for those thinking of making similar transitions. • Allison Bisig Oswell, Esq., Hamilton County Prosecutors Office • Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Moderator) • Magistrate Anne Flottman, Domestic Relations Division of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas • Chandra Napora, Morgan Verkamp, LLC • Laura Welles Wilson, Freking & • Betz, LLC 3:25 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. Break 3:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. CLE Portion – General (1.00 hour) Finding Balance, Creating Your Personal Brand & the Power of Networking Power-up on your personal branding, networking and work-life balance. This session will cover the interplay between these three important components of success with speakers offering basic but transformative best practices. • Yvette Simpson, Cincinnati City Council TOTAL CLE HOURS: 3.0 Doreen Canton Doreen Canton is partner and co-chair of the Labor & Employment practice group of Taft, graduated from Canisius College and the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she was Lead Articles Editor of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Since 1988, she has advised and represented private and public employers in all areas of labor and employment law. She has a great deal of jury trial experience, and has tried many Title VII, Title IX and state law claims, including age, sex, race, disability and national origin discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation and contract claims to defense verdicts. She also has substantial experience in traditional labor matters, including arbitrations, contract negotiations, elections and labor disputes. Doreen has handled hundreds of proceedings before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and other state and local agencies. Doreen speaks frequently at professional seminars including the American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations, the Midwest Labor & Employment Law Seminar, the Cincinnati Employers Resource Association. She also presents training programs for management and human resources professionals. She is a member of the Cincinnati Management Lawyers Association and the American Employment Law Council, both organizations of senior management employment attorneys. Doreen is also an elected fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Christine Zimmer Christine Zimmer has been a Senior Assistant Solicitor in the City of Cincinnati’s Solicitor’s Office since 2005 and currently serves as the Interim Chief Counsel in the General Counsel section of the Solicitor’s office. The General Counsel section drafts legislation, prepares and reviews contracts, prepares legal opinions, and provides legal advice and training to City Council, the Mayor, the City Manager, and City departments, including all aspects of public records requests and records retention. Prior to joining the Cincinnati Solicitor’s Office, Christine taught legal research and writing and advocacy at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and practiced with Taft, Stettinius and Hollister in the litigation and tax departments. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Allison Bisig Oswall, Esq. Allison began her legal career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney with the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. She then transitioned to private practice, working as an associate at two area law firms, focusing on commercial litigation and commercial real estate transactions. In 2013, Allison rejoined the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office and currently serves as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Allison received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dayton in 2003 and graduated from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in 2006. She is actively involved in the Cincinnati Bar Association, having served on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Women Lawyers Committee. Allison is a graduate of the Inaugural Class of the OSBA Leadership Academy and was a member of Class XVI of the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. Ann Flottman Anne Flottman is a Magistrate in the Domestic Relations Division of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas. Before joining the court, Anne was a partner at Wood and Lamping, LLP in Cincinnati, and devoted her practice to family law matters. She is a Certified Family Law Specialist, a member of the Academy of Collaborative Law Professionals, and a member of Class 16 of the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. She taught the Family Law Practice class at the UC College of Law, and volunteered frequently with the Volunteer Lawyers Project. She has a B.A. from the University of Kentucky, an M.A. from Xavier University, and a J.D. from the UC College of Law. Chandra Napora Chandra knows a thing or two about navigating transitions. After a decade of establishing her career in the non-profit healthcare world, she decided to embark on an entirely new path and went to the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law at 33. Although she thought she would pursue public interest law, she found herself enjoying transactional work and spent the first two years of her legal career in the business and finance group of a large regional firm, based in Louisville. But then she happened upon an opportunity she couldn't pass up: clerking for a federal judge. So, she moved back to Cincinnati and clerked for Judge Spiegel at the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for four years. With experience as a corporate lawyer and years spent enmeshed in the world of federal litigation, she was unsure of what her next step would be. But she found the perfect niche and now works for a boutique firm in Cincinnati that focuses exclusively on representing whistleblowers in suits involving fraud on the government. Laura Welles Wilson Laura Welles Wilson joined Freking & Betz, LLC in August 2014. She concentrates her practice in Labor and Employment law and Litigation. Laura was a Law Clerk in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for over fifteen years. She served as a Career Clerk for the Honorable Timothy S. Hogan for fourteen years until his retirement in October 2010. As a career clerk, Laura assisted the Court with all aspects of civil litigation pending before the Judge, including researching and drafting orders or report and recommendations on pre-trial and post-trial motions, drafting jury instructions, and drafting findings of fact and conclusions of law for bench trials in a wide range of civil cases including employment discrimination, prisoner civil rights, ERISA, tax, copyright, contract, and social security cases. Laura entered private practice in 2011 with Blank Rome, LLP where her practice was concentrated in general corporate and commercial litigation matters, including consumer finance, administrative appeals and arbitrations, environmental issues, and employment law. Among her accomplishments was successfully briefing and arguing an employment law case in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, winning a reversal of the District Court’s summary judgment order. In August 2014 she joined Freking and Betz, LLC where her practice focuses on employment law matters. Laura is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Dartmouth College. Prior to attending law school, she worked in the non-profit sector as the Education Coordinator for Women Helping Women, Inc. She is a life-long resident of Cincinnati and has been a volunteer for several local organizations including, Knox Presbyterian Church, The Seven Hills Schools Alumni Council, The Dartmouth Club of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Terrace Park Elementary School, Terrace Park Recreation Commission, and the Indian Hill Winter Club. Yvette Simpson President Pro Tem Yvette Simpson is serving her second term on Cincinnati City Council. She is the Chair of the Human Services, Youth, and Arts committee, and serves on the Budget & Finance, Law and Public Safety, and Neighborhoods committees. Simpson is also a member of the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission, as appointed by the City Planning Commission. On Council, Simpson focuses on creating jobs by developing and expanding Cincinnati small businesses, improving the lives and empowering Cincinnati youth, and providing the tools for our neighborhoods to become